Abstract
The purpose of the current study is to investigate whether peer video recording helps non-English majored college students enhance their speaking performance. Eighty students were selected and assigned to two groups: an experimental group and a control group. Peer video recording was presented to experimental students while no training was given to students in the control group in the same task-based approach. The data, collected based on a pre-posttest design, were analyzed to find out whether or not there were differences between two groups in terms of fluency, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and interactive communication. A questionnaire-based survey was also implemented to explore students’ attitudes on the treatment—peer video recording task-based approach. The study’s results revealed that students in the group treated with peer video recording task-based approach significantly outperformed those in the control group in terms of fluency, grammar, pronunciation and interactive communication while students’ vocabulary score remained after the treatment. In addition, the data obtained from the questionnaire indicated the experimental students had positive attitudes towards the peer video task-based approach. The results from the study provide grounds for some suggestions and recommendations for the teachers, the students as well as the teaching and learning speaking in Vietnam.
Highlights
English is widely used as an international language for communication, science, information, business and technology, and even diplomacy
The purpose of the current study is to investigate whether peer video recording helps non-English majored college students enhance their speaking performance
Most students said that they were eager when the lecturer told their class about peer video recordings
Summary
English is widely used as an international language for communication, science, information, business and technology, and even diplomacy. It is used for global communications by a quarter of the world’s population (Robson, 2013). As a matter of fact, more and more people will be using it or learning to use it for their business or daily life as a means to express themselves to the world. With this perspective, teachers of English need to find ways to enhance their teaching methods effectively. The application of video recordings in the EFL classrooms has become more convenient due to the invention and innovation of the latest technology, making it possible for students to make their own educational videos, to record and view their performances in English
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